Electrical signaling apparatus.



PATENTED JULY 2, 1907.

W. W. LOVETT. ELECTRICAL SIGNZALING APPARATUS.'

APPLICATION FILED NOW 12,1906.

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APPLICATION FILED N0V. 12,1906.

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mil-1:1 wevmwzorrrz t :26 tarry camp or'bivouae, their'outlmsts and the scouts, and posts in the bottom or foundation part of the apparatus, 75

ployment of regular telegi-aph' opcratmrand electriuse in the field, one sigualman with an empty reel I 4 cnahlinglthe apparatus to brensily handled. 8th. To Fig. 1 0, is a diagram illustmting eommuniuttion by lot A ENT OFFICE.

WIELIAM WATSON LOVETT O F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

WE S E-E Q N0. 858,61 1. -8 peciflcati on of Letters Patent. Patented July 2. 1397 Application filed November 12,1906. Burial No. 343.148.

To all whom it may hereinafter described and illustrated upon the annexed Be it; known that I; \VILLIAM WATSON Lovs'r'r, of the sheets ofdrawings, of which Figure], is a viewof the reel city of Los Angeles, in the county of L05 Angelcs and portion oftheappamtuseonst itutingmysaid invention, State of California, have invented an Electrical Signah' the righthand part. of the apparatus "ein g shown in plan v ing Apparatus Especially Adapted for'Military Purwith a portion of the cable woune tltereor1,'wliile the G0 lmscs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact. lefthand part of the apparatus is shown in horizontal spoeifieation, reference heinghad to the annexed drawsection in the plane of the axis of the reel, this figure ings, and to the figures and letters marked thereon. also showing part of the telephone, the induction coil, This invention consists of an electrical apparatus to and the battery connected with the induction coil by 10 he used in-a military field for several purposes-which means ofan impedance coil, the battery being in paral- 65,

are nowset forth, as follows:

lel. "Fig, 2, is an elevation of the righthand end of the The objects to be attained by my invention'are sevreel portion of my apparatus, and corresponding wil h oral, and consist; 1st. To connect the advance and rear Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a vertical section on an enlarged scale guards of {marching column of soldiers to the said of the lefthand bearing of the reel shown at Figs. 1, (L, marching column, in such'mannerithat oral or speech and 7, and illustrating the insulated connection in one (almmunication may be carried on when-required heend of the cable with one of the halves of the metallic tween the advance guard and the marching column, axis of the reel. Fig. 3, isan end elevation of thcoute; and the rear=gua r( l;,-and the marching column, respec-I end ofthoinsulatingplugshownonlinex,x, Fig. 3. Big. tively. 2nd. To effect commtmic ation bctweena mili- 4,1111 :1 section on an enlarged scale of one of the binding reconnoituing oflicers by means of What are in effect all as hereinafter "fully described. Fig. 5, is a transmovable stations established outside the outlx ggts, where' verse section on an enlarged scale of one of the connecreports can sent and-orders received in='the shortest tions of the-inner ends of the cables to-the two half axes possible time. 3rd. To render. unnecessary the mm or the reel. Fig. ti, shows the signaling apparatus as in eians, by providing any soldier with aoommunicating strapped on to thefrontofhisliodyashe would he stand- 'apparutus, which he can uaein partas a'telophohe, and i'ng for instance with the cot'nmandingr otlieer. or at a which owing to its simplicity homo-maintain in perstation in adv-smug; in the rear or latemll another fectolmmtive adjustment and working order. 4th. To man With a .reel unwinding tabl situ. "d at the back 30 eliminate the uncertainty, and in mattresse the im-' f h s b dy, and a Walk m. away t e t ignalman possibility of obtaininga ,g'roundf when my fllltl commanding officer, with hisastdstnnt also walking ,trical communicating u'prmiatus is employed, in dry behind him, and fllltrwlllfl the device constituting my and untimhcrcd countryft 5th. Topmvjdc for the 'dif ltion as paying out cable from the reel. Fig. 7, isa' i t ,view of a signahnan showing the front part of the ferentmovable stations being in cq'ntinual eouununi a i p1 35 cation with oar-h other even Wllllt rnovl an apparatus constituting my invention, and the mode or means of attaching it. to the body of the wearer or cartunu'ng to their several-pmitionst' "-(i .mny inthe wire used-for electrical (iot'uni rier thereof, that is to say, the signahuan. Fig. 8, is u' tween the operative parts of the apparatus, as; ueeo rd i r g; rear view eorrcsrmndi'ng t o.lig. 7, slunving the rear part to my present. inventimnalllof the cable usedjiajt 9yof the straps and eonneetions whereby the apparatus is 40 cred, whereas in the present method of signalili r in a supported tit-the back of the body of the tvearer when military field, nnieh of thewire. so usedisdimi l 1th. the reel is worn at the front as shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 9, To effect economy in the t me weupied in'irileritting isadiagram illustratiugcommunieationhymeans of my signaling amiaratus, lKx-uuse of the light. Weight and invention of a marching, or' it may hea stat onary colsim'plicity of the lappamtus constituting my invention, tuun, with an advance guard atfllereinafter described.

effect the iviring of a tcm iorary camp, and in" such meansof myinvcntion of a marching eolumnor station manner avoiding the use of he cumbersometelephone arybodyof soldiers with both advance and rear guards. exehangeliitherto employer "for such "purpose; -9th. Fig. 1], is a diagnnnmatiml-view illustrating outpost 'To efiect communication bdtween the shore and naval (mnniunimtion with a camp or hivouac, as effected liy 50 forces operating in -adjacent country. l0tll."l o eonln'eans of my invention ashereinaftcr described. meet with the commanding officer of an advance or 001-. The device which-I use to carry out the objects of my umn, or other body of soldiers, the different batteries invention mnsjsts of a reel or WiIKlin'g'flllIer-"K, l igs. 4

and bodies oitroops-dlu-ing battle. l, 2, 6, and 7,.1o each of the halves the metallic With the vie v of car'rying 'out the aforesaid ohiccts of 'axl of which, one of the terminals of the conductor 55 my invention; I have invehtedand use the apparatus or cable D, is eon net-ted by means of self-releasing conncctors E, held in sockets F, eacliof which sockets F, is connected with one ofthe halyesof the metallic axle B by being' screwed thereinto as hereinafter described; Upon the red A, the conductor 1)., is carried when 5 wound up, and is contained as shown more particularly -"the-a1le B, being p'refernhly hall an inch indiarneter,

Imus mikirig n bearing of equal length and diameter. The outer end oteach halt axle B, is counter-sunk coniqillyahout three thirtyseconda of sn'inch, as shown at Fig'anl; and 3. Into each bearing G, is fitted around:

, at fiber Figl, 1, and 3, insuch .a nunine'r'uto vrith'the end of each half axle B, eonicnl recess .as shown in the drairings.

an i ued fiberil', a held iii-Platte by a @114! K, Z5 nbe'qu'srter a: an inch in length, and olnbout one diameter, which is aoontinuntion in-, wards of the 'screye'ap-E; The outer end of the bearing ls bojed -out tofnboutflmselqunrters of an inch in dimetmg'ndin'rdfrhidoiter 'endjsfltted the cap so immune tohearing Ga constitute pm In, inbdore referred to, hold inntiond the 'reel is conwill? .WW 3M "nae ring uiemeewmai G, presses outer enilwf-eacncap' 'nnd 'holds thecap mi df l a spring entering 1m um betn'een thelnilled teeth npon'this part of each within n'short'diat nioefirdntthe ponically recessed end 151d thojxle B; andinthnt of the fiber I, nearest to the endof the axle B, therhle is made smaller, J ilQ fz mp QF 1 3 drill, rsp.'1,maa.-

hole-is M 1 I ted-it oelneedle. with'n circuat Figsi I; ind Yt'oii'e'quirterofm-injchin laina-ll-holeetoo sm'nll to be seen'in the dnwini it flie'needle and ,5 the axis thereof, for 55 mepqm' ,of attaching 'theend attire conductor q,

; passed mmughme hollowot the mm H, asshownat r Fig.1, and s, of the dmviings. mm was 0; m;

through the small hole in the endotthe insulating fiber i '1, bduu' um thaexsct centerornpex of the cor-rial re fi iriiyetallic axis '13, n'gainlt which it is by ll the'set'sa'ev P, in the head the screw cap end 0!- 'which screw P, themctsllicdislr 0., it theoutei' end of the needle 0.} The its eonnmztimi are stationarynnd the-re 0'5 ma or mm. Thp objectjoi theconstruction'oi this last specified of the apparatus constituting my n we p n fibe -IL 1 invention, is to provide a durable stationary metallic point at the center of a revolving circle, of minimum diamcter, at which point of such a revolving circle, there is little or no friction, c nsequently little or no motion,

and in this way perfect electrical contact or connection isinade practically between said needle 0, and each half ax'ie.B,'without wear or tear.

The conncdlionof the conductors d, and c, wilh the needle; 0, O, is effected by passing the end of the wires d, and e, into the diskof metal 0, contained within the insulating fiber J, at the outer end of the needle 0. A slot 1, as more particularly shown at Fig. 3, is (but in the piece of insulating fiber 1', to admit of theblock if, and. the end 0, of the conductor to be passed into the insulating fiber J, endwise as shown at Figs. 1, and 3.

. The apparatus hereinbeiore described when it is desired to wind up themable thereon, as shown by the righthand figure in Fig. 6,'oi the drawings, is suspended onthe person performing the act of n'inding up in the manner now to be The insulating fiber base I, of the (le /ice being inclosed in a lcathercovcring Q,

Figs,'1, and 6, is strapped around the body of the can rir oi the device as shown at the righthand end of Fig.- 6, and its weight is, partly mrriedby the straps R, It, which pass over the shoulders shown in the middle figure inFig. 6,-and down to a bil'urcated connection 8,.

iron which a vertidahstrap leads to stud connects by a buckle or its equivalent with the strap Q. Upon one of the half n xles B,Ioi the reel .A, there is mounted a spur pinion A,-Figs.'l, and 2, with-which gears a corresponding spur'irheel A; curried upon the.

inner end' 0; the axle A, heldin the end framing H.

{Attire outer. end of .the-arle A, of th'espur irheel A,

there is a manic handle ,1, whidion'being rotated by the carrying the machine causes a quick rotation at the reel A 'and up on the reelA, any

"paid out cable, When the man the apparatus is in the position of out ca'bls'nsis shown by the inan at the lefthand end of-Fig. 6, then the location oi the reel audits connections upon" the body the man is reversed, that is to my, in place of the reel and it connected parts being in-the front of the mana body as in the figure of a man at the ri ghthnnd end of (I, it is placed it the back of thqmnns body, but the strap connections on the mans bp'dy-while reversed are in thesanre relative positions t6 the reel and its connections." when the able, D, is being unwound or paid 1 4 out frnrn the reel 4, is isshovm by the'nmn at the leftend of flannttendant follow! him he is also shown in the middle figure of a munin thntdns'ving.

By preference the cable D, being paid out pulsar I through the hand of this jttendant tor the obvious rea- Son of enercised that na'kikn or. unsound. places are inth-cable'. "-1! kinhsor brealrn of kind' are-in the cable they by reason 0'! the touch.

or cdntactfof the nttendnnt's hnnd, and ,stnntlyhythefa'ttndunt; a v

thecable'vrindinglnd unwindingfinppemtus" which been heminbeioreHescribedp'thei-sis nta complete telephonic am-ma by the carrierol the reel for-iinding'onandnnwindingor peying out the cabl of the apparatus. The-telephonic part of the apparatus is illustrated rt-Fig; 1, o, 1, imd' it, and it oonsistu oi nnmuthpieceor-transniitter T, of

ordinary construction and therefore in itself not constituting part of my invention, carried upon the strap T, suspended around the neck ofthe wearer by the huclcle and straps T, T, and fastened around the-body of the wearer by the straps T, T, all as shownat Figs. 6, 7 and 8, of the annexed drawings. The receiver of the telephonic part .of the apparatus is marked U, also of ordinary onstruction, and is carried byad justahle cross springs U, U, which are adapted to f t the head I 0 of theuser of the-apparatus, and of such constructionv as is well understood {or carrying upon the head of the user during any desired length of time while telephonic communication is to he helm-auditory apparatus such as a telephone receiver pressed with the requisite 1; closeness against oneof the cars of the user, and supported withthc requisite adjustment of the springs U, -'U, against the euro! the person. In the lower strap Q, of the apparatus, suilicient receptacle space is provided for containing the induction coil V, and an impedance coil, Figs. 1, and 7, and the exciting battery of the -in('luction coil contail V, which is placed in circuit in parallel, for operating the induction coilan'd' telephonic part of the apparatus, all asnext to be described.

The el lcjcun'ent which passea through thecir- 25 cuit oi the-'upparatus eonstitiltihg my invention, and

through'the telephonicpart'dl' the entire-apparatus, is

generated bythe battery within thec'asing V, Fig. '1.

I The terminals andJbinding posts'jmnndo, or which, are; connected by wires b, 1), th thehlndingposts, c, c,

I .within.the 'uieing V, and fromwhicltbinding p'ostiiq, c the, two halvesofthe f eircuit marked 11, and 2,, Fig. 1,;- respectively, and

" wrapped sainsulatcd cable x leadto -tl1e. needle points 0, each in contact with its corresponding division '0! the metallic'hali'axleli, B. As shown-at Fig..

' 1, .ol th drawings, the course oi nch division d,-aud c,

= the electrical "circuit; partly contained within the insulatingpeveringXfand thonce prmceding through the apparatum -is marked by tho'samc letters (I, and e,

'4 0 respectively, thniughout thcir scvcml directions with i u theframework.and ihslilatcd base 1,101 the apparatusto the needle points 0, 0, tlug ggn nge oi the current thcucc heing thhuigh each liillf axle |i,-und thence to the mnnectorsihlin the mkskcts [1, one only of which couuecwrs and sockets 1'3, and l, rwpcctivcly, is shown ori 1;

The inner ends of cnch ol the conducwra or cable l), are in permanent electrical contact or uuiou with the two hall axles I by lumms ol' the plugs 15, and sockets I", no hcrciubcl'ore hot l'orthl Two other wires or divisiousof the cable I), mnrkcdf, and :1 rmpcctivcly, load airom the divisions of Lhecablml, and ginutainml withinthuinsulawr-X, to the terminals h, and 11 to tho lower partpl' ca'ch ol-whiclrau insulated load l'ronrmch 1 (i5 a'rmynud thcadvancesignulmarn Eachsuchndvance division (I, 'nnd c, is electrically munoctc'd. One of.

signalman who carries a reel A, und its mechanical and ,-electrical equipment hereinbeforc-dcscribcd, also carrice the same kind of telephonic rcr'civur and transmitter, all of which being in constant electrical connection with the commanding olliccr can always. receive commands transmitted through the line by the commending officer, while the commanding ollicer, and officers or men at the stations on tho linc between the advance signalman and the commanding oflicor, can always hear whatever iuioruuitiun is being rcporicd from the telephone of the advancc guard to thc commanding ollicer. in this mnuucr and by means of the apparatus constituting my invention, and tho scvcrul electrical connections thereof from rcoliug appamtus to reeling apparatus, whereby each tclcphome is connected to all the other tclc 'fliom-s in or by an advance or rear guard of a camp or marching column oi soldiers, the intclligencc obtained by the advance guard cithcr alone or in association with scouts and vidctlcs as is well undcrstrmd, is distributed along cvcry lino connecting an advance, roar, or lateral guard with a camp, or marching body ol' an army, and cvory'olliccr or man at each of the stations on every such line of toll-phonic conneCtionis telcphonically instructed both by the commanding (Mirror of the (mop as wcll us by the com= mander of either the ndvancc, 'rcnr or lntcml guards, and.is thereby enabled to act as the coumuuiding oilicers or other commande|"s iu$tructionsmuy direct.

In Fig. G, the cable Y, is the conductor or part of the circuit handing to the commanding olliccr's station with the camp, or marching column, of an army of soldicrs,

and is iullypaid out from tho rccl A, of tho windingandtwo binding posts 7:, and i, Fig. I, on!- of which posts isshown in culzu'uwl vcrticnl suction at Fig. 4. The placii|g,ol' the plugs l), in the binding posts: I. and i, is cltzirly illustrated at Fig l, and is ln-rcilmilm' fully dcscrlbed. Simullaumusly with tho placing of thrplugs I), constituting lhc cude'uf lhrtwo divisions of the coudoctor or circuit conlaiu d within lhc cnblc Y, Figs. 4, I

and i, in thc binding posts h, and 1', of the apparatus carricd by Lluluuu'at lhc-rigllthaiul cud of Fig. (i, the fll.l.l'fl4l:tlllof tho unln carrying the ucxl. lcruzlh of cable I), wound or rm-lcd upon the appamtus carried at. his

back, for cxamplc, the main :ll Ihc lcl'lhnml cm] of Fig,

.6, placcs'thc plugs 1",, n llurcgu' oroutwnrd clldsnl the,

wirosol'llmcublcs I), into lln-sm-kcls l" in tlu-lntll'axlcs walks forward and unwiuds the cable I), from the A, carri d by him until the whole of the cable I), .is

tcrluinalgfl of the cable D, become disconnected from the sockets F, in the axle of the reel A, and are respec-. apparatus is always ready ior winding onto the reels. 1 tively'connected with lhe binding posts h, and i, of this section of cable. To prevent the plug E, fromjalling man's reeling device by this time brought from his back out or becoming disconnected irom its socket F, at, the to his front, and the outer ends of the wire of the man time of commefncing to wind a section of cable on to the 5 carrying the next idol of cable are inserted intothe a xle of the reel A. a thong of leather or analogous flexi- 70. sockets F, in the half axle B, ofgthis device, the outer hle material p, is iastened by a screw, nail, or'rivet, on i ends of the wire (m-ried by the next reel of cable are in- 'to the wooden reel A, and is oi sulficient length to-lape sorted into the sockets F, in the haltaxle B, of this deovcrthe portiori'of the cable D, which is engaged .vice, the outer ends of the wires of the next section of I the plug E. 80' soon as once: more turns of the i'eel" cable wound a few turns thereon, when-this next reel have been-made, the flexible thongp, is man moves Iorwnrds u'nwindinghis cable,and repeating ermmently in plsoe-ulnn Lhe'axle of thq reel w th his attendant the other operations or functions thereby electricalconne'ctionof thecableD,-with licreinbel'ore described with reference to the Inansnd hali-ax lel}, is maintained during this winding upofi divisions of the apparatus shown upon .the annexed cahle on the reel A, until the cableisfull. l5 drawings, and'already described with reference to the It will be observed thstin the preceding pa'rts'ofi righthand man in Fig. 6. 7 specification I have described my inventionasudgn fitod The cable Y, leads rearwards and isconnected either for-use by infantry, but when itistii be used bycaif llry directly with the telephone of the commanding oflicer, then I attach the reel and its mechanical-addelectri with a ma'rching column or stationary body, or bivouac iquipinc mts to the ssddls of the hones-tipon'whichth of soldiers, or there maybe as many of such divisions of lignalmen ride; -When so nsed ior. the oiui cable Y, between themarching column or or paying-out the able lfettach the reeln body or biirouac of soldiers end the sigrullnnn:repr'e- Qits equipmentsto the rear end of thtesaddle, and wh seated at the righth'and of Fig. 6, ns'the distence'over used for winding np on reeling on cable, then Int-sch which the si rsuervice'iu mdfisa require. n1 The terminals h, and 1', shown on a small scale at Fig. of the horses upon-which thesignsl'merirideland mu:

1 incl on the enla'rged scale at -'4, ofe brass the dismnnectionsot the'unw q nd or fiaid' out lengths nillarfh iastened into theinsulated foundation 1, of the of cablej when anyone-oi apparatus; by' iqansof the screw i:,. The pillar'poh 'nected from the r g'eel fron ofi which itlhssgmwo h tiouj, hssjn it two horizontal holes m, and n, as shown the, binding bests ofgthat reels'z,ira'ins; onkl p at Fig. 4, end each end of the pableY, is fastened into the outer ends of the -o atbleof nut slgnslrnaliinjgd, the plug-E1, the mine plug indeed, which is shown fanwith the sockets coniinunia'fingwith: the half nil tenedinto' the socketgF, Figs. 1,,ai1d 3. The plugs E, with the empty reel in theazimeinanner which fit snugly into the lower hole in, of of the pills-rs h. been already' witlirjefer enceltq (he'd The upper hole 11; of the pillar his of: dis-meter large when. used by infantry. '35 enough to admit of the plug E,'.and the adjacent of In the diag m Fig. 9, isrepres'ented a rmircbirg' v the cable Y; being through it, so as to-admit'of u nn consisting of four guns covered by infantry and the plug liter v ng n -w d o gh 1? h l supported by cavalry merited A. The int-rare A,'in,- n, being pulledinto' the hole m, as shown at Fig. 4, .iront represents the commanding oilicers position, {in il fli zp g hos d q isite 1g l n A, thep'oeition of the first signqilnmn. he being close? 40 contact with the' mets.l of the-pillar h, by.means' of I enough to the commanding oflicer to receive his com-ff series of thsejetminalsset in the insulateil base I, of l nds audibly, and then to transmit them to and, the reel, any number oi'telephonic lines rnsyfbe radb. 'thropgh my apnaratuscan-ied upon or by a secon ated from one reel or station being-all in communication pignalm A whencq u connection i made u, the with one another. From this construction it-will be next, signallnim which may be either an intrmediste ObVlOllfl-fllfit any pull 01 strain upon the'cable Y, will aignalrnahor @hegignglman of the advance arty P the Pl g E} more g y cloeel] n" beyond which are the scouts B. The station-marked 1 P h' l W en ver n cesaery to dis-- in this figure, represents the signalman of the rar" 0011116. the l I fmlllfihe terminal p i8 guard and near the commanding ofiice'r. When thei rq y' fi c y pushing them" Portion of u isopentingin conjunction with-the names cab if, by nd, when the plug E,- is'slsoguns, .this is'shown or completely indicited by the pushed out of the hole m, and drown outw'lrds flu'hugh mi1itarfdiagmmFig. 10. I I I the'liolemffl' a 8PM it 11911018 y in the Withrefererice tothe operation of my hppa'ratus with I l P 1 9 5 of this Construction f. and by i'rxghard, Ihere explin that'itisthe reverse 7 terminals thet me bccq in loosening d oiwhat tumm been hereinbefore described with g l" dispensed g :t l'erence to, the using oi my sp iaratus with sig'nslmen -1 20 At that part0! the'apparatuswhereat-rhe inner si ds- 51, w advance guard, that in w my,

oi the cable D, are connected with each of thehnlvsl of fl {He pignalmen f a rearguard infli the 1119 that of Qable circuit whic finble f roni the reels'im'd apparatus ofniy Invention our corresponds with each half of the metallic nxlo' Biis i d b m' -flg they b us} fastened intothe cylindrical metallic plug E. ad d 'j" fig commanding m f a matching 1:

P ly on 8 larger scale at wlug' umrior body of soldiers, the m guard winds up fill i t e w d in o id her for cable as is; (or-word at the distancesbehiml 'fliomaking metallic connection with each half axle'B, as ma'rchingbody; determined by and commsi uled-by the I *hereinbefore described, and whgpparta are a isagsmdin oflicer with the engaged as sh wn at ni 1, pmbf the an inmctiommrie uaiishf 25 proof cable, and made of as small a diameter as is con- 55 more pairs thereof, I not only make the plugs E, of

Lions represented by the signalincn marked A, A A". A, and A to the support of the rear guard shown in Fig. the rearmoiit signalman winding up cable as he goiisforward and when he has rcachcr'l the next 5 signalman, disconnecting his cable. when he takes his position at the head of the marching column.

The diagram Fig. 11, is a military diagram representing a camp or bivouac in telephonic communication with its outpost by signalmcn carrying the cable and 10 reeling apparatus constituting my invention, and in which diagram the artillery is -marked 13, artillery men's tents B infantry B, cavalry B and scntinels B". it will be obvioumto persons having knowledge ofllu: system of signaling in a military iieltl hitherto in use, 1 5 that many advantages and economies and great saving of time are effected by the apparatus which constitutes my pr'nicnt invention asherein described. 7

One of the chief advantages .of my apparatus over all existing signaling apparatus, consists in the fact that the entire weight of the apparatlls as carried by signalmen amounts toabout fourteen pounds per man, and not to more than fourteenpounds, which weight includes one mile or one thousand'seven hundred and sixty yards of the cable which I. use, itbeing a water sistent with the container o'i the requisite copper wires for the conductors, and pro i'iding the necessary thickness of insulation to protect it while being used in the manner described in 'the pi hceding parts oi this speciii'oation. The aforesaid weight also includes the reel and all its connections, together with the framing m which the reel is carried, the plate of insulated fiber constituting the base of the reel apparatus, and the straps whereby it is fastened to the body of the signalman; Besides these partsoi the apparatus the aforesaid-weight also includes the weight of the-exciting battery and that ol the induction coil and their respective containers. In cases when'it is required to use a longer length of cable than one mile to each reel Q of the apparatus, then the apparatus is constructed contain a reel large enough to carry any longer lengthof cable required. In such cases my apparatus becomes too heavy to be carried on a man's body, and in such case I place it upon a cart or reelwagon drawn by horses or other animals, but in all other respects the details: of the construction or the apparatus are the same as those hereinbeiore described.

With the view of prey'enting any error in the working of my apparatus, through accidentally connecting the ends of the sections (if cable, to the non-electrically corresponding sockets F, in the half axles B, and to the men-electrically corresponding binding posts It, and 1', in any required number at pairs of such bind-- ing posts, such for example as one pair, two, three or two different sizes so as to tit-accurately into the two correspondingly different size sockets F, and into the correspondingly different size holes m, in the said binding posts h, and-i,-wherehy it becomes impossible (it) to place one of the large plugs E, into one of the small sockets F, or to maintain one of the email plugs E, in one of the large sockets F,--but I render the possibility oi time being wasted froin any such attempt or occasion of such accidental dipplaccment, in addition to making 05 the plugs E, and the sockets F, of two'difierent sizes respectively, by coloring the sockets l-. and plugs I), two different colors, it llillli; explained, that the plugs E, and the corresponding sockets F, aiul adjoining pieces of wire are of the same color, the same boini, colored respectively red and blue, and the heads of the plugs l5, respectivclyred and blue, while the beads of the outside portions oi the socket F, arr.- similarly r'tlloretl retl and blue.

Although i have hereinbeiorc described the outer emisoi the hall' axles Ii, us being carried in metallic bearings (i. of'ilui'raluework oi the (lUVlt't' constituting my invent inu, yet zl.- Lil ii lmlih't-rstraps ii, i, connected to the metal of the bearings (J, are in wet weaihehexposed to moisture, and iluleed, her-rune moist, whereby the tendency would arise toshorl. circuit the battery in the casing ll, whenever desiring to prevent short circuiting, introduce a bushing of insulating material within the bearings t'i,-i whcroby I prevent electrical connection between the half axles l5, and the metal bearings G.

I claim as my invention.

1. The signaling nppnratus consisting oi' :1 reel. oi insulating material, in the axis of which are contained two half axles oLm'etul, the inner ends of which ure ln sulsted from each other, to which inner ends the terminals of the length of cubic wound on the reel are coniiectcd to and automatically disconnected from, means for con necting the disconnected ends ofa part or section of cable to the reeling apparatus of the signalnmn carrying -the next lull reel, the bearings oi the reel of insulating 'material, the separate insulating material within the bearings, means [or adjusting the reel longitudinally in- -lts bearings, and -ndju|!tlng the contact of the needle points with the conical sockets 0!. the bait axles, the electrical connections between the needles and the binding posts, the circui connecting the divided circuits within the axleetn n'n nduction coil. and the exciting battery,

the induction coil, the impedance coil and the excitingbattery all operating electrically the apparatus .constl'" tutlng my said Invention, also the telephone connected therewith, the insulating base to which the bearings oi the reel are connected and within which the electricnt' connections between the media and the binding posts are parried, the crank handle and gear for rotating the reel, 'i'hejwhoie being carried by two belts, one surrounding the body of the signaimnmjflndtbe other belt suspending part of the weight or the apparatus over the back or the shoulders 'of the llgunlmln substantially as herein before pet. forth.

2.-Tlie reel with two halt axle: having their Inner end: insulated. the socket: for making electrical connection's with the inner end! of a ien'gth or lectiouotcauic tor entering into-tire aforesaid sockets, and the {bangs 6r shields tor coyerinz and protecting the inner and! of the cable as it is wound up 0 set forth.

3. The bearings. the conical recess in the-outer end: o each bait axle, the needles whole pointed ends engage concentrically and electrically witii'tiie conical receuel in the outer ends or these axles, the insulation of the -12. neediesand axles from, the bearing, the metal connecttou ot the needles to the'eiectricsl circuit, the binding postl, all operating lubstantially as herelnbetore described.

4, Thejluga at the terminals or each end or the cable length, each pair'ot these pilgr being or diii'erent nibametera a'ndiittlrg :":to 1 410 sockets of similar difference of diameters, one such socket be lg in each metallic.

. axle of the reeL-the heads 1:! the said plugs. and the ends 0! the crickets being colored dlflerent colors, so asIto always indicate which sockets the said page are to be respectively entered imp, the n rsrzemcnt being nuch that the plugs 'attheterminals or a cable length diaengage automatically from the sockets in the hair axles instantly that each cable length had become unwound,

substantially In iicreinbetore described. ldO

n the reel, uubytxntiaiiy .u' 120' 5. The binding posts conaisting or metallic studs jutened into the insulating base ot'the reel carrying frame 0! my signaling npparntnm. each Inch binding post con sistingnt an hprlgh't-piece of metal" fastened into the insulating base, having two hoieu transverse ,to the length 0! the binding polt..the upper hole in each binding post; being large enough to admlgol the entire plug at gach of the' terminals of the cable; being passed therethrough, and thence into the mailer hole in each bindlng post wherein -it makes "the jeonnectlon In the socket pm er thereto, the 'aald ndlng pout being preiernbiy colored porrespondlngly with the plugs, all in the manna; and ton-"the purposes substantially in her'elnbetore de scribed.

In testimony when-cot, i have-hereunto ietmy'li'lnd and seal. the city of Lon Angeles, aforesaid, in the presence 0! two subscribing witnesae WILLIAM WATSON xlo vn'r'r. In. 4'

Witnesses: 8T. Junn' Dun.

\ Clunnns '1. Burma.- 

